TGS 2008: Phantasy Star Portable to support Ad-hoc Party, lobby screenshots

Following Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, Sega‘s Phantasy Star Portable will lead off the next wave of games to support Sony‘s new Ad-hoc Party service. That’s what the company revealed during a recent announcement for the service. You can check out some screenshots of Ad-hoc Party’s PS3 lobby at the full article.

Following Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, Sega‘s Phantasy Star Portable will lead off the next wave of games to support Sony‘s new Ad-hoc Party service.

That’s what the company revealed during a recent announcement for the service, which will let PSP owners take select ad-hoc-only PSP games online by using the PlayStation 3 console as a proxy. No word yet on a release for the game outside Japan, though.

Along with the announcement, Sony also released a few screenshots of the service’s lobby program for the PS3. Check ’em out below courtesy of IGN. Sony’s Ad-hoc Party service will launch in Japan on October 30.

• TGS 2008: PSP Store, Ad Hoc Party, PS3 bundles, and Home beta launch dates
• PSP to get direct download from PlayStation Store, online play through PS3

Via IGN